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17th August 2022, 14:01 #941
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17th August 2022, 14:11 #942
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17th August 2022, 14:21 #943
When Ott and Thierry signed the new contracts in 2021, which for both were announced at the same time, Hyundai's press release said that they "have put pen to paper to sign extended multi-year contracts". So was it 2+1 or 3(+), it was definitely more than just the 2022 season.
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17th August 2022, 15:06 #944
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17th August 2022, 15:51 #945
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17th August 2022, 16:10 #946
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https://www.ewrc-results.com/final/7...rt-ralli-2022/
Yuki Yamamoto, Nao Otake and Hikaru Kogure. They all competed in this local rally last weekend and did pretty well! However, it's a long program and they are still only in FWD Rally4 cars. I would say they will have a year of Rally3 and hopefully two years of Rally2 before going up to Rally1.
Sami Pajari had an incredible run in Rally Finland, except for breaking the suspension on Saturday. But on Sunday in super rally he was the fastest driver of the day although Suninen and Lindholm were still battling for the win.
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17th August 2022, 16:11 #947
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Katsuta is a consistent point scorer this year so I can see him driving 3rd car.
Hyundai 3rd car is the main open question, especially if Sordo really retires.
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17th August 2022, 16:22 #948
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I know about the 3 young Japanese but no way we can see him in a Rally1 WRC drive before at least 2025 and more probably 2026 (they are only competing in Rally4 so far in some Finnish events, probably some Rally3 or 2 next year).
It lets at least 2 years where they can use the 4th car for other youngsters.
For Pajari, it is probably a bit early, at least one full-year in Rally2 (we can imagine 4 rounds with M-Sport if he wins J-WRC and then, the rest of European rallies with Toksport ... except if M-Sport makes him a big «*offer*» to keep him).Last edited by Danny0405; 17th August 2022 at 16:29.
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17th August 2022, 16:29 #949
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Yes, too early for Pajari, he has only started three rounds in Rally2, and only two of them in WRC(2). So he needs the experience anyway. But I would say he's the next new top class talent. For example Lindholm seems to have hit a some sort of plateau.
Out of current WR2C talents who hasn't yet been a top class driver, Huttunen is closest to being the real deal. Of course there's guys like Mikkelsen and Suninen who have already been there.
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17th August 2022, 16:44 #950
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Did you forget Rossel?
His problem might be that Fourmaux and Loubet are likely competiting for lot of the same funding.
Evans has usually gone well in Croatia…
[WRC] Croatia Rally 2024